Gox No. 9 (*Retired)

** This piece is no longer on display. Please see our Retired Public Art Installations page for more information.

This sculpture is from Trova’s GOX series of monumental geometric forms made from circles, squares and rectangles that have an Aztec ortotemic sense to them. The GOX sculptures, unlike Trova’s other series, are designed to be seen from the front, rather than as an all-around sculpture. The title GOX is made up from lettersin the words “geometric exercises”. These graphic sculptures are all made of stainless steel that is rubbed to a beautifully smooth, satin-like finish.

Year Completed: 1975Material: Painted cor-ten steelDonor: Gift of the artist

About the artist:

Ernest Trova

Missouri native Ernest Trova was a self-trained surrealist, pop art painter, and sculptor, and is best known for his “Falling Man” sculpture series. At age 20, he exhibited Roman Boy, his first major painting, and was awarded first prize in the St. Louis Art Museum’s Missouri Exhibition. Several of his other early art pieces were acquired by both the Guggenheim and the Modern Museum of Art in New York City, and the Tate museum in London. Trova has always insisted on consistency of content in his work, along with persistency of application and personal addiction for getting work done. He considered his entire output a single “work in progress.” In 1976, Trova generously donated 40 pieces to the Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis, putting it on the map as a popular tourist attraction.